Molasses is killing thousands of fish in Hawaii

Placido Shim shows two fish he gaffed that were floating past his boat on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, after a leaky pipe caused more than 230,000 gallons of molasses to ooze into the harbor and kill marine life.

Molasses is killing thousands of fish in Hawaii

A worker from Pacific Environmental Corporation skims the water near the molasses spill on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013. (Cindy Ellen Russell/Honolulu Star-Advertiser/AP)Thousands of fish are expected to die in Honolulu waters after a leaky pipe caused 1,400 tons of molasses to ooze into the harbor and kill marine life, state officials said.Hundreds of fish have been collectedr, the state Department of Health said in a statement Wednesday. Many more fish are expected to die and thousands will likely be collected, ...